In addition to the regular feature and product patches typically released, there were a few updates of note last month that may be applicable to your site including:
Security-related Patches in August: WPBakery 8.6.1, Secure Custom Fields (SCF) 6.5.7, TablePress 3.2.1, SmartCrawl Pro 3.14.2, Wordfence 8.1.0, and Defender 5.4.1
Other updates of note in August include Gravity Forms 2.9.16, Yoast 25.8, JetPack 14.9.1, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) 6.5.0, and the behind-the-scenes plugins used to optimize the operation of your site: Hummingbird Pro 3.16.0, SmartCrawl Pro 3.14.2, Smush Pro 3.21, and Branda Pro 3.4.25
For sites that use it, WooCommerce 10.1 was released along with some minor improvements such as faster checkout, Direct Bank Transfer improvements, and for those who use the block editor, enhanced Product Collections. A number of WooCommerce-related supporting plugins were updated to support this new release.
Please note that this does not include all updates made to your site, nor does it detail every release of any one particular plugin. As always, if you have any questions or would like more specific details about any of the updates applied to your site specifically, please don’t hesitate to let me know!
Ongoing Updates & Improvements:
Calendaring Improvements: As previously reported, the migration away from Events Calendar and Events Calendar Pro is proceeding nicely. Since the last report, I’ve successfully migrated multiple client sites to a replacement that provides an equivalent set of features that are important to our clients at a fraction of the cost. Though this migration doesn’t affect all sites with a Care Plan, moving away from Events Calendar Pro helps maintain lower Care Plan pricing across the board for all our clients. Important Note: Clients who prefer the Events Calendar, have no need for the Events Calendar Pro features, or who opt to purchase an Events Calendar Pro license on their own will continue to use Events Calendar and will not be migrated.
Divi 5: Elegant Themes continues to enhance Divi 5 as they get closer to a public release. In testing Divi 5 myself I’m not convinced it’s a good upgrade in its current state for existing client sites. Several components are still in development and third party plugin support continues to roll out. In my testing, there continue to be issues with several basic components like the color picker not migrating site colors from Divi 4 to 5. This is to be expected during this beta phase and I’ll be keeping an eye on the development of the theme framework in the months to come. Stay tuned!
Plugin Update Summary for August 2025:
WordPress
WordPress No Updates in August
Standard Plugins
SmartCrawl Pro 3.14.2
Hummingbird Pro 3.16.0
Smush Pro 3.21
Branda Pro 3.4.25
Gravity Forms 2.9.15 / 2.9.16
Sugar Calendar 3.8.0/3.8.1
Events Calendar 6.15.0.1
Yoast 25.6 / 25.7 / 25.8
JetPack 14.9/14.9.1
Spellbook 3.0.11/3.0.12/3.0.13
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) 6.5.0
Secure Custom Fields (SCF) 6.5.4/6.5.5/6.5.7
Post SMTP 3.4.0/3.4.1
TablePress 3.2/3.2.1
Publish Press Permissions 4.4.1-4.4.3
Advanced Ads 2.0.11
UpdraftPlus 1.25.7
Posts Table with Search & Sort 1.4.11
Slider Revolution 6.7.36
Strong Testimonials 3.2.16
Themes
Divi Supreme Pro 4.9.97.34/4.9.97.35
Divi Booster 4.8.6
WPBakery 8.6/8.6.1
Security-Related Updates
Wordfence 8.1.0
Defender 5.4.1
SmartCrawl Pro 3.14.2
WPBakery 8.6/8.6.1
Contact Form 7 6.1.1
WP Crontrol 1.19.2
Simple Cloudflare Turnstile 1.32.3
Secure Custom Fields (SCF) 6.5.7
TablePress 3.2.1
WooCommerce-Related
WooCommerce 10.1.0/10.1.1/10.1.2
Woo Smart Coupons 9.45/9.45.2
Flexible Shipping 6.2.2/6.2.3, 6.3.0
Flexible Shipping Pro 4.0.4/4.0.5/4.0.6
Woo Shipping 1.8.2/1.8.3/1.8.4/1.8.5/1.8.6
PDF Inv & Packing List 4.6.1/4.6.2/4.6.3
Woo Product Add-Ons 7.9.2
Woo Tax 3.0.8/3.0.9
Woo Stripe 9.8.0/9.8.1
Woo Square 4.9.7/4.9.8
Google for WooCommerce 3.4.0/3.4.1
Site Kit by Google 1.160.0 / 1.160.1
Tickera 3.5.5.8/3.5.5.9
YITH Subscription 4.13.0
YITH Dynamic Pricing 4.23.0
YITH Gift Cards 4.27.0
YITH AJAX Filter 5.13.0
YITH Product Slider 1.47.0